Diagnostic modalities for the evaluation of anomalous left main coronary arteries
| Autor: | Amar D. Patel, Tarek Helmy, Eugen Ivan, Walter L. Few, Dan Sorescu |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Noninvasive imaging medicine.medical_treatment Coronary Vessel Anomalies Coronary Angiography Sudden death Diagnostic modalities Rare Diseases Internal medicine medicine Humans Sinus (anatomy) Cardiac catheterization medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Middle Aged Coronary Vessels Coronary arteries medicine.anatomical_structure Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed Echocardiography Transesophageal Artery |
| Zdroj: | Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions. 6(1) |
| ISSN: | 1553-8389 |
| Popis: | Anomalous coronary arteries are rare and usually identified as an incidental finding during cardiac catheterization. The particular difficulty with cardiac catheterization techniques is not necessarily the presence of the anomalous coronary artery, but its anatomic course. Oftentimes, surgical intervention is necessary once these anomalies are discovered. The identification and anatomic characterization of anomalous coronary arteries has been significantly advanced with the use of current diagnostic noninvasive imaging modalities. We present 3 cases of an anomalous left main coronary artery that arises from the right sinus of Valsalva. Noninvasive imaging methods provided a clear anatomic course of the anomalous vessel. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect